etraya | video; un: fullmetal alchemist

[Blond fifteen-year-old boy sitting at the kitchen table of one of the standard apartments, dressed in a black shirt and a strikingly red jacket. There's a glass of water in front of his white-gloved hands.]

Edward Elric, state alchemist. I know this place has those bots to fix everything up after... what happened... but I'm offering my help, too, if anyone wants it. I'm skilled at transmutation, and I can fix something little, like this -

[He intentionally smashes the glass of water in front of him. It ends up in big, jagged pieces, water splashed over the tabletop. Since he planned this, it barely takes him any time at all to afix the array he needs in his mind, clap his hands together, and place his palms firmly on the table. With a flash of blue electric light, the glass becomes whole again, complete with the water in it again. He raises it to his lips and takes a sip from it, showing off that even the water's okay to drink again.]

- or something bigger, like a building. I'm not asking for much of anything in exchange - there's still stuff I want to learn about here, if anyone has time for questions.

And I'm looking for a mechanic, too. Someone who could work on prosthetic limbs. [He's not sure he wants to announce why he needs that on an open network right now, though a decent handful of people already know since they saw him without his prosthetics during the whole horror mess they just got through.]

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[ Linhardt has no interest in helping to fix anything. As the boy had stated, that is what the robots were for. He does, however, very much have an interest in Edward's talents - his transmutations. Enough so that Linhardt relents and sends a video message despite his aversion to being perceived and his preference for written communication.

The video opens on a green-haired man in his early 20s - slightly older than Edward - staring at the camera with fascination in his eyes. ]

How complicated of an object can you repair? Is the primary obstacle size or complexity?

I do not need help, but I want to see more of your transmutation.

[ Even if Garreg Mach is damaged, Linhardt doesn't much care.

While he does not know what Edward wants to learn about, Linhardt thinks it might be wise to demonstrate his own abilities. Looking around his apartment - which is packed with books and various odds and ends he's collected since coming to Etraya - Linhardt spots what he's look for. Linhardt makes a complicated gesture with his hand, sublingually vocalizing, and with a flash of white light, a plant appears on the table in front of him. The small white flower grows out of a terracotta pot and Linhardt can't help but frown slightly as he touches the delicate petals. He does need to show Edward, but deliberately harming any living thing - even a flower - displeases him. Still, he must. So Linhardt abruptly yanks the flower off its stem, picking it.

Then Linhardt's hands envelop the now headless plant, light emanating from them as his lips move almost silently. The stem quivers and the flower regrows, a glow lingering around its petals for a few seconds before fading, producing a perfect replica of the plucked flower sitting on the table. ]

You can ask me whatever you would like, though depending on the topic, I may be useless.

[ 'Stuff' is quite vague and if Edward has no interest in other magic, then this offer means nothing. ]

That's-

[ She's still staring at her communicator with a frown, as if she's trying to figure out what the trick is. ]

...you know what? Fine. I've seen some magic already. I don't have anything I need fixed right now, but... [ She shakes her head. ]

Maybe later. But I also can't help with the whole prosthetic thing. Maybe I can answer questions, though.

[ She's about to ask about 'transmutation' but then he provides a demonstration. ]

Ohh, [ she marvels, eyes bright. ] What a cool party trick!

[ Oh, it's wheelchair guy. With a lot of words said and an experiment done that would actually excite Gorgug a lot, normally. But he's still in a fog after the events of the mission, and...

Well, he almost doesn't reply at all. But he thinks he might be able to help. ]

Hi, um. It's Gorgug--the green guy. [ His voice is quiet, awkward. ] If you can't get a hold of a mechanic, Aurora... I mean, she might be able to help with the limbs. Or, if she can get a hold of the materials... she might have something that can help.

If no one else can, [ he clarifies again. A last resort, at least. But then he thinks, and adds: ] --Unless, did you find any?

[ Maybe he needs them repaired? Gorgug might be able to help with that... ]

[Jason finds Ed's demonstration interesting, even though he knows there are people from his own world who can do similar things]

What are your limitations? And since you said alchemist, does this mean you can manipulate lesser metals into gold?

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